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1959-60 Eddie Mathews Game Used Fielder's Glove, PSA/DNA Authentic....
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Originally acquired from Mrs. Eddie Mathews!
1959-60 Eddie Mathews Game Used Fielder's Glove, PSA/DNA
Authentic. Only Mike Schmidt has hit more home runs than this
man among ballplayers defending the hot corner, and no third
baseman prior to Mathews produced even half of his tally at the
position. Certainly it was the lumber that led this faithful
servant of the Braves franchise to bronze immortality at
Cooperstown, but Mathews was a capable fielder whose career
fielding average of .956 was a point better than Schmidt, a
ten-time Gold Glover.Presented is the first Mathews fielder's glove we have ever encountered, a Rawlings BD (Bob Dillinger) model acquired directly from Mathews' widow by a longtime Major League Baseball employee whose letter of provenance is included. Mathews' great fame as a slugger left few photographers interested in the other half of his game, but the experts at PSA/DNA were able to find Mathews in a 1957 photo (Getty Image #52698678) holding the same model, differing only in the way the wrist strap is affixed to the body.
Beyond the photographic documentation and the letter of provenance, a vintage number "41" written on the wrist strap links the leather to the 1978 Hall of Fame inductee. Game wear is substantial but all lacing is original and unbroken. LOA from PSA/DNA, Authentic. Letter of provenance from Major League Baseball employee.
Auction Info
2024 August 23 - 25 Summer Platinum Night Sports Auction #50072 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
August, 2024
23rd-25th
Friday-Sunday
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